AICTE blacklisted ISB with other 43 institutes, not eligible to offer programmes

PostedTue, 30 Oct 2012 06:56:37 -0000

The All India Council of Technical Education
(AICTE) has recently published a list of
unapproved management and engineering schools. In this recently
published list many prestigious and leading institutes are
blacklisted.

The list includes the name of 43 institutes, including six
engineering colleges, rest of the colleges are management colleges.
Some of the well known names such as Indian School of Business
(ISB), Badruka Institute of Foreign Trade
and Indian Institute of Planning and Management have been listed by
AICTE.

All these institutes which are mentioned into the
list will not be allowed to admit students into any degree or
diploma programme. The Department of Technical Education, Andhra
Pradesh, which has updated its list of institutions following the
advice by AICTE, mentioned that most the
colleges/institutes which are included into the list offer one-year
management degree programmes which are not approved by the
AICTE.

A senior official in the department said, "It is not new as it
happens every year. The ISB never
approached the Council for recognition. Now, it became an annual
event where the ISB is placed in the
unproved list. All they have to do is formally approach the
AICTE for approval."

An ISB spokesperson said the management
programmes offered by the institution "is one of the best courses
in the country" and said it need not have a stamp of approval from
the council. "In fact, the ISB is
accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business (AACSB) and is the first
business school in South Asia to be recognised by this premier
global body. Since its inception, the ISB
has been offering one-year courses which now became a norm with
other schools like IIMs. However, we are in touch with the
AICTE."

Nearly 18 institutes which are blacklisted required to get
affiliation from different universities. Sharing his view over
AICTE's black list, mathematician and MLC
Chukka Ramaiah said: "These institutions (not ISB) have violated several norms set by the council
and they are charging exorbitant fees. Action still needs to be
taken but I don't know why the state government is not acting in
this regard."

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